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It looks like my Blackberry bush got pollinated! I planted lots of marigolds and wild flowers to attract the bees early — letting my cilantro bolt probably helped too. Regrettably I only kept one strawberry plant over the winter — which is now producing prolifically while the new strawberry plants aren’t even ready to flower. The tomatoes are growing a lot more slowly than last year too. On a brighter note, I can always count on my jalapenos. 

It looks like my Blackberry bush got pollinated! I planted lots of marigolds and wild flowers to attract the bees early — letting my cilantro bolt probably helped too.

Regrettably I only kept one strawberry plant over the winter — which is now producing prolifically while the new strawberry plants aren’t even ready to flower. The tomatoes are growing a lot more slowly than last year too. On a brighter note, I can always count on my jalapenos. 

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Volet Végétal by Barreau & Charbonne via mindyourgarden

Horizontal position to enlarge a green view on the city land and get more ornamental stand for plant. Vertical to create a shutter of light, a filter for green air and also for an easy garden upkeeping. 

(via awyeahverticalgardens)

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The only mass shooting that our 24hr new cycle and social media won’t bat an eyelash at seems to be black on black one. Truly outrageous. [Link]

via vuvuvital

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New climate report has grim predictions

A new report says that much of the world’s plant and animal life could be decimated by the effects of climate change over the next century. Worldwide levels of carbon dioxide are the highest they’ve been in almost two million years.

Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, Amazonia and Australia would lose the most species of plants and animals. And a major loss of plant species is projected in North Africa, Central Asia and South-eastern Europe.

via climateadaptation:ideatrotter

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Thermal invisibility cloak in first demonstration Researchers have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat.Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and even sound waves, but this is the first device to work with heat.The prototype, to be outlined in Physical Review Letters, contained a 5cm-wide flat region impervious to heat flowing around it.The technology could be put to use in thermal management in electronics. via futurescope [read more @bbc] [via @livingarchitect] [paper]

Thermal invisibility cloak in first demonstration

Researchers have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat.Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and even sound waves, but this is the first device to work with heat.The prototype, to be outlined in Physical Review Letters, contained a 5cm-wide flat region impervious to heat flowing around it.The technology could be put to use in thermal management in electronics.

via futurescope [read more @bbc] [via @livingarchitect] [paper]

(via emergentfutures)